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Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs in the United States
Autor, David; Dorn, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
After a decade in which wages and employment fell precipitously in low-skill occupations and expanded in high-skill occupations, the shape of U.S. earnings and job growth sharply polarized in the 1990s. Employment shares and relative earnings rose in both low and high-skill jobs, leading to a...
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The Growth of Low Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market
Autor, David; Dorn, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We offer an integrated explanation and empirical analysis of the polarization of U.S. employment and wages between 1980 and 2005, and the concurrent growth of low skill service occupations. We attribute polarization to the interaction between consumer preferences, which favor variety over...
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The Effect of Access to Information and Communication Technology on Household Labor Income: Evidence from One Laptop Per Child in Uruguay
Marandino, Joaquin; Wunnava, Phanindra V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper examines the effect of the One Laptop Per Child program in Uruguay [Plan Ceibal] on household labor income. Since 2007, the Uruguayan government has delivered one laptop to every child and every teacher in public primary schools. This program has considerably increased access to...
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The Skill Complementarity of Broadband Internet
Akerman, Anders; Gaarder, Ingvil; Mogstad, Magne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data with firm-level information on value added, factor inputs and broadband adoption to answer these questions....
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Returns to Computer Use and Organizational Practices of the Firm
Dostie, Benoit; Trépanier, Mathieu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In this paper, we test the hypothesis that computer use will lead to productivity gains only if the firm uses an appropriate set of organizational practices. Detailed data on organizational practices and workers’ compensation are obtained through a Canadian longitudinal linked...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703382
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The Division of Labour, Worker Organisation, and Technological Change
Borghans, Lex; Weel, Bas ter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The model developed in this paper explains differences in the division of labour across firms as a result of computer technology adoption. We find that changes in the division of labour can result both from reduced production time and from improved communication possibilities. The first shifts...
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Understanding the Technology of Computer Technology Diffusion: Explaining Computer Adoption Patterns and Implications for the Wage Structure
Borghans, Lex; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
between several types of workers and countries; it also provides very plausible patterns of the timing of wage inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822227
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Wage Differentials and International Trade in Italy Using Individual Micro Data 1991-1996
Falzoni, Anna M.; Venturini, Alessandra; Villosio, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
In this paper we use individual micro data on workers combined with industry and regional data to study the dynamics of the wage differential between skilled and unskilled workers in Italy in the period 1991-1996. Being different to previous empirical studies, our data allow us to explore in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822491
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The Diffusion of Computers and the Distribution of Wages
Borghans, Lex; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
immediately lead to higher wage inequality. More specifically, the results of the model are shown to be consistent with the … question why withingroup wage inequality among skilled workers as a result of computer technology adoption in the United States … increased in the 1970s, while between-group wage inequality and withingroup wage inequality among the unskilled did not start to …
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Money for Nothing and Your Chips for Free? The Anatomy of the PC Wage Dipperential
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany. Following Krueger (1993) and using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), cross-sectional wage regression results from 1997 and panel results from 1984-1997 are presented. It...
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